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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Adding 2009 DD45 to Celestia and Stellarium

As I've mentioned before, you can add new objects, such as comets and asteroids, to Celestia and Stellarium. I've made up a Stellarium add-on and a Celestia .ssc file for 2009 DD45. A bit late I know, as the object has wizzed by, but you can vicariously enjoy the experience.

For Stellarium, you have to add the asteroid details to the ssystem.ini file in the data folder (always make a backup of this file okay). Just copy and paste the section below at the end of the system.ini file. When you run Stellarium, you will have to turn planet hints on in the configuration menu if they are not already on. For Celestia the .ssc file goes into the extras folder.